Closer look at the new Ghost Drone being trialled by the RAF & US Army 

It comes with operator equipment ie an unwashed anorak, a thermos flask of sweet tea and some wilted cheese sarnies.

Finally, nerds get their day.

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Lol....yep

It's exactly how it was made with 800 size parts

Inside Lego boxes.

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The borrowers of course.

In tiny pilot school. Where else??

That's why we kept Wales.

So it was a little anxious. First debut on RU-vid, give it a break for God sake!😂

That's what I thought, could they not balance the rotor blades? I balance all the props on my RC planes before mounting them, make a huge difference.

An issue that will go away the second the vehicle has lost contact with the ground - Don't ask me why but it's just like that.

Lol I was hoping I wasn't the only one noticing the lack of rotor balancing

@@mikebergman1817 exactly, I’ve been flying model aircraft my entire life and a balanced prop makes a huge difference in performance. There are many smarter than me that can explain exactly why, but I think it’s pretty obvious

Like the silent Velcro video lol 🤣

@@Eduardo_Espinoza k🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

These are probably 200k each. Better to rig DJI drones and send a 50 of them for less than 1k each. The west is very far behind in production and procurement of drones. They’ve changed the battlefield so dynamically that drone warfare should be dedicated assets down to individual squads.

@@user-sk7jt3pf1clmao bot 🤡

What would be the point if you can't hear it?

I actually think that's where some of the RC comes from, then it gets reintroduce later when tech makes it more capable.

sure almost all tech comes from military first lol

wright brothers…

Wait to till you here about video games have a chokehold on military development.

@nevermankind nope it all came from the hobby space

It costs $500k {classified info}

Yes whilst being louder and bigger (so wayyy easier to detect and shoot down), a DJI drone can stay up in the air even when all propellors are broken in half (say if someone shot at it), this thing won't stay up if even the slightest bit of its proppelor broke

I was thinking the same thing 😂

The state doesn't care. It's all our taxpayers money.

the DoD absolutely knows how much contractors are ripping them off. It is working as intended. Military industrial complex is great at laundering tax dollars.

And on a short flight time.

Meh. Indian HAL RUAV-200 can fly upto 18,000 feet. Required because against China, the valleys alone lie higher than 12,000 feet (in Ladakh region).

@@death_parade HAL RUAV-200 is a lot bigger though weighning 200kg vs this 17kg drone. I also imagine the type of operations between the two would be quite different so comparing them wouldnt really be too useful/necessary.

@@caseyjoyce8950 True that. I am actually more interested in what tech this "Ghost" drone uses to condition monitor its acoustic signature and then how it compensates for it.

Then it freefall back down.

No ivanna, it's just 32 😂

Lol :-)

So many game changers!

I really hope that term along with revolutionize and disrupt get taken out of the english language.

everything is game changer for western these days, but the reality in battlefield is not always as it promoted

Horizon to horizon' Multi Telescopic Lidar? Does, or might that be able to even work? Tho' that would also pick up everything else in the sky,even birds. Up grade' if even possible, and bring out the Awac's. '\😶/'

They tell that drones can see everything lol. On a screen there are many things that you would see better with naked eyes, and thermal cameras don't help when it's hot.

You die

I'd rather have drones to tell me what's behind that building or over the next hill, rather than having to go look for myself.

It’s called HAVING BALLS son wtf NORMANDY VIETNAM DESERT STORM FALLUJAH

More likely they'll paint them haze grey, but yeah, at that height and size, small difference.

@@AnimeSunglasses Yeah, that's the colour I was thinking.

I was about to make this comment. Final version should not be black. Or maybe two variants, for night and day.

Ever heard about listening or reading? Yeah go try it, as you clearly couldn’t even comprehend a one minute video.

Ukrainians call them "scooter" or similar.

To be fair, it is only used one time and does not need to be space age tech. The sound would not be as much of a problem if it was used at night, but Russians did not read the instructions.

And a good psyops team would use that as an advantage like they did in desert storm and the first part of the 2nd middle east invasion. Attach speakers onto tanks and crank out metal at full volume to scare their opponants.

this isnt a video game kid 😂😂😂

@@PresidentEvil …he’s just saying it reminds him of a game he played, stuck up.

That mission was such a pain in the ass for me as a kid

@@PresidentEvil "This isnt a video game, kid" Proceeds to use video game controller to control drone through a computer screen.

@@willw8011 definitely not a videogame controller, jesus you are so cringe

LEO's already have a 'silent' helicopter, you just dont know about it.

@@Rink03 Then how do you know about it?

@@corail53 Seen one A LONG long time ago and it was pitch black, silent as a ghost and no lights or markings

I would imagine it can already paint targets for a Reaper visit.

Gotta balance the blades and check the blade tracking. I've had tons of smooth FPV and HD footage from my 3D collective pitch helicopters. Can get really bad vibes from fixed pitched multirotors too. Also, nowadays all the fixed pitched drones have built-in gimbals and/or software based onboard image stabilization (GoPro).

You know what they say... If you have to ask the price...!!! :)

ah.. but FLIR and thermal scope are sooo much more fun!

Fps Russia might have one laying around with an ak74 on it

Cough SF deep penetrative Cough

honestly not a bad idea. I saw another one of these chopper drones that's the size of a hand. imagine having small cake plate sized landing pads every 10km or so that have batteries underground and a wireless charger on top. they could even be placed up on a tree out of sight.

c4 in micro drones is perfect for stealth missions

There's already been documented drone combat dogfights in ukraine!

@@Aeronaut1975 Ooh really? Got a link or a search?

этот сраный вертолёт управляется по каналу сотовой связи, ты думаешь на войне работает сотовая связь и ты можешь на неё рассчитывать?! это бесполезный кусок дерьма для военных, это просто детская игрушка на которую потрачены миллионы из военного бюджета, деньги смыты в унитаз.

We are pretty much there now

There is probably a lot of intentional profit seeking going on from the company who made and sold this. But at the same time single rotors are supposed to be superior in terms of energy efficiency and payloads. Consumer drones are smaller and I suppose do not need to carry such big optics and fly for so long. Duty cycle could also be an issue. Perhaps this thing can do multiple flights all day every day? Something from DJI would wear out even if you swapped the batteries.

But the downside to that would be a larger footprint and more weight.

a single rotor is more efficient than 4 rotors

@@AS40143 the discussion about a single rotor with either 2 or four blades.

@@AS40143 If you read my statement again, I didn't say 4 rotors but 4 blades (instead of the 2 blades in the video). Hope this clarifies.

But would it be quiet?

Explains why everything announced pretty much has game changer slapped on it

not anymore

Game changer, Game changer, game changer 🤣

The only game changer is Russia 🇷🇺. Glory to Russia.

@@daniellucas6831 you’ve got to be joking right?? 😂😂😂

4 blades increases drag and weight, and reduces endurance.

Having 4 rotors means having 4 ESCs. The problem with having 4 ESCs is the sheer amount of RF noise they generate. Its enough to interfere with the VTX equipment on your FPV setup. The less wiring and the less mosfets, the better i guess. Also I guess in terms of aerodynamics, its supposed to be audibly lerss quiet aswell. I think quadcopters are by nature pretty noisy because of all the complex aerodynamics going on, and using this setup is much more simpler and easier to account for acoustics maybe? Also I think its slightly more efficient to use one massive main rotor. Idk for sure though. Combustion engines would be cool but that would mean having to ship the fuel out to wherever you want to set it up. Thats not exactly usefull for the stuff this helis gonna be doing. If your gonna be using fuel, you might aswell use a bigger more expensive drone anyways.

@honkhonk8009 He is talking about 4 rotor blades on a helicopter mast, each half is a blade. Not 4 quad copter blades.

Small drone, small rotor,s no sonic claps. Right?

Simple answer, flat packing.

Unusual design of blades

russia's war on Ukraine*

Ukraine is a failing state and will cease to exist in a year. 😂

@@paddington1670 Russia has no choice. They tried everything politically to make peace but the West and NATO jumped in and trained an aggressive army to attack Russia since 2014 and now the Nazi's have to be eradicated. Hence the denazification and demilitarization of the Uncraine Army that's getting wiped out in Bakhmut.

@@daniellucas6831 I smell B.S 💩💩💩

​@@paddington1670😂 You got schooled!

basically. yes

xD well this one is not out of plastic and 2nd it can fly 12t feet and 55min... unlike your 100gr plastic toy which could fly 10feet? for 10min?

the russian lancet is creating havoc on ukraine military equipment

You're thinking of the Phoenix Ghost loitering munition from Aevex. This is the Anduril Ghost. Totally unrelated.

@@dogsnads5634 you are correct, different systems

@@frankrenda2519 different type of drone

Slava Russia 🇷🇺

You think china is low tech?

@@garethballard2159 Yes. They just steal the high tech ideas from the west and copy it!

@@tomrogers9467 they do steal a lot of IP. But this also frees up their resources to do

The East is stealing up a march on the West. I know my country was generations behind and nowadays its already one- two generations behind at most and catching up in some areas and even exceeding in some.

China is the world leader in AI, drones, swarms, long range anti ship missiles(from ground or air or sea), long range air to air missiles etc. Their anti drone tech is also up there if not the best since they got the best drones and AI, so of course they would also have the best countermeasures. These drones wont even be able to get close to Chinese shores, and even if they do, the damage they do would be a joke. Even a 1000 of them won't do anything to china. China's new "SHORAD" systems like type 625E with 6 barrel Gatling gun shooting explosive rounds would utterly wreck any drone. Not just 6 barrel Gatling but also has 8 short range anti air missiles for longer range or to take out bigger more expensive drones.

no 55 is 55. how would it stay there? that not a glider drone

a great example for the kids, that some people dont know what they're talking about

Also, a regular 2 rotor helicopter is by design noisy, not "stealth".

Correction: According to her she said "Single rotor design"...she did not say the word "blade". So she was correct that it is a single rotor. A Chinook has a dual rotor design.

And with the ability to lift vertically!

Please, link a glossary to your post so I can understand your compliment as well! EDC, MTC, etc? It’s all alphabet to me! LOL!

@@jackjones9460 to funny that’s what everyone says to me as soon as I speak about drone technology or land surveying practices. I will put it together a little later…thank you

1 month later and still no links. LIAR!

@@JohnSmith-uy7sv Do you feel a bit cranky or overly demanding? Well, do you punk?

​@@jackjones9460Yes I do Sire ❤

This isn't the Phoenix Ghost from what I can tell. Also this drone above is a US made drone. It is made by a company called Anduril in California.

@@SCscoutguy Thanks for the reply and the name of the manufacturer. I had assumed (with no substantiation) that the Phoenix Ghost was made by the same company making the 'Switchblade' drones (Aerovironment). The downside to your reply is that I still know absolutely nothing about the Phoenix Ghost other than a claim that it was supposed to be well tailored the the type of combat Ukraine was fighting last Spring. Come to think of it, very little has been mentioned about the Switchblade's use in the field - either the frequency or effectiveness. Given their cost was much lass than a Javelin and offered grater range, I had high expectations.

1:19 And the pulsating ... green ... thingy .

Russia has the same thing if not better. 🤣

@@daniellucas6831 yeah and they are gonna take Kyiv in three days 😂😂😂

этот сраный вертолёт управляется по каналу сотовой связи, ты думаешь на войне работает сотовая связь и ты можешь на неё рассчитывать?! это бесполезный кусок дерьма для военных, это просто детская игрушка на которую потрачены миллионы из военного бюджета, деньги смыты в унитаз.

Those “Mickey mouse rotors” have killed more people in Ukraine than the Predator drones have. The point is, this tech is super old in comparison to what’s already being used in mass.

@@Bongalized yes, but the noise on those 'Mickey Mouse' rotors.

@@Visionery1 what noise I could be above you right now you would never no my freind you need to get a micy real quick and get up to date it's a helicopter nothing more it's old and it's all been done before I fly around my place daily only 5 meters above people s heads and I'm looking straight at them and they have no idea at all I've got mini 3 pro the new blades are so quiet it's actually the first thing people say when they see it fly for the first time how quiet it is just saying

Yeah, but it got less range than quadcopters, Mavic have 30km of range, this thing got 12 km of range

"in mass" for the MISS. Try "en masse." 9th-grade stuff.

ha! It wouldn't surprise me to see a chinese version released in time for Christmas!

@@Inertia888 Indeed. They hacked the design before it even went into production.

No they wouldn't.

этот сраный вертолёт управляется по каналу сотовой связи, ты думаешь на войне работает сотовая связь и ты можешь на неё рассчитывать?! это бесполезный кусок дерьма для военных, это просто детская игрушка на которую потрачены миллионы из военного бюджета, деньги смыты в унитаз.

balance is off